Fluid measuring and dispensing device



Oct. 9, 1951 J. 'r. ARNOLD 2,570,745

1 FLUID MEASURING AND DISPENSINGDEVICE Filed June 14, 1950 F .1. v F3 9" .2. Fw' .5.

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charging compartment 23 and to fill the measuring compartment up to a point approximately as indicated at 30 (Fig. 2). The inverted bottle I is then returned to its upright position allowing the excess fluid in the receiving compartment to be poured back into the bottle through the opening 29 and the bore IT. The fluid in the measuring compartment is retained or confined therein up to the level 3| of the overflow member (Fig. 3) and upon unscrewing the device [2 from the bottle, the liquid contents of the compartment 24 may be tilted (Fig. 4) and poured out into a glass or other receptacle. Thus, simple, efiicient and positive means are "provided for insuring an exact or uniform amount of liquid to be measured and dispensed from the device by the simple expedient of turning the bottle upside down and thenreturning to its upright position when the device l2 is connected thereto. 7

It will be manifest that the size of the measuring compartment 24 maybe varied so as to measure and discharge predetermined quantities of fluid to insure accuracy of the amount of fluid dispensed and without waste and at a minimum expenditure of time and effort.

The form of the invention shown is merely i1- lustrative of a preferred embodiment and such changes may be made as come within the scope of the following claims.

I claim: 7

1. A fluid measuring receptacle of the class described including a body having a chamber therein, said chamber being closed at one end by a base and having a transverse member at its opposite end provided with an outwardly extending tubular portion, said tubular portion having means for detachably connecting the device to a fluid container, a partition in said chamber separating the same into a receiving compartment and a measuring compartment, said partition engaging centrally the transverse member and the opposed sides of the body, said partition terminating short of the base to form a passage communicating said compartments with each other, and an overflow member in said measuring compartment having a longitudinal opening communicating at one end with said tubular portion and at its opposite end with the measuring chamber, said device when communicatively connected to a fluid container being reversible so as to discharge a portion of the fluid into the measuring chamber'and when returned to its .upright position returning the fluid in the receptacle through the receiving chamber and the overflow member to the container while retaining a predetermined quantity in the measuring chamber.

2. A fluid measuring receptacle of the class described including a body having a chamber therein, said chamber being closed at one end by a base and having a transverse member at its opposite end provided with a reduced outwardly extending 4 said tubular portion and at its opposite end with the measuring chamber at a point short of the end of the partition, saiddevice when communicatively connected to a fluid container being reversible so as to discharge a portion of the fluid into the measurin chamber and when returned to its upright position returning the fluid in the receptacle through the receiving chamber and the overflow member to the container while retaining a predetermined quantity in the measuring chamber.

3. A fluid measuring receptacle of theclass described including a body having a chamber therein, said chamber being closed at one end by a base and having a transverse member at its opposite end provided with a reduced outwardly extending tubular portion, saidtubular portion new. ing means for detachably connecting the receptacle to a fluid container, alongitudinally jdis posed partition in said chamber separatin the same into a receiving compartment and a meas-i uring compartment, said partition terminating short of the base to form a passage communicating said compartments with each other, and

an overflow member in said measuring compartment and connected to said partition, said overflow member having a longitudinal opening communicating at one end with said tubular portion and at its opposite end with the measuring chamber at a point short of the end of the partition, said transverse member coaoting with said tubular portion to form a relatively large opening communicating the receiving chamber with the tubular portion, said transverse member also cotainer while the fluid inthe measuring chamber below the overflow member is retained therein so as to be removed therefrom when the receptacle is disconnected from the container.

4. A fluid measuring receptacle of the class de scribed including a body having a chamber theretubular portion, said tubular portion having transverse member and the opposed sides of the body, said partition terminatin short of the base to form a passage communicating said compartin, said chamber being closed at one end and having a transverse member at its opposite'end provided with an outwardly extending tubular portion, said tubular portion having means for detachably connecting the device to a fluid container, a partition in said chamber separating the same into a'r-eceivingcompartment and a measuring compartment, said partition engaging the transverse member and the opposed sides of the body, said partition being spaced from the closed end of the body to form apassage communicating said compartments with each other,

and an overflow member in said measuring .com- I partment having a longitudinal opening com municatingat one end with said tubular portion and atits opposite end Withthe measuring chamber, said device when communicatively connected to. a fluid container being reversible so as to dis charge a portion of the fluid into the measuring chamber and, when returned to its upright posito the container While retaininga predetermined quantity in the measuring chamber.

' JOHN T. ARNOLD.

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